Escambia Man Gets 30 Years For Assault, Burglary

May 11, 2016

An Escambia County man has been sentenced to three decades in prison on burglary and assault charges.

Terrill Lamar Jenkins was sentenced by Circuit Judge Thomas Dannheisser to 30 years in state prison. Jenkins was convicted by an Escambia County jury aggravated assault by discharge of a firearm, burglary of a dwelling with an assault and battery, assault, and petit theft. The first 20 years of the prison sentence are to be served as a mandatory minimum sentence, according to State Attorney Bill Eddins.

On April 26th, 2015, Terrill Jenkins initiated an argument with his ex-girlfriend.  He confronted her at her house where he stole her phone and took a swing at her with an object wrapped in a black t-shirt. The victim fled by car to her  mother’s house, and Jenkins followed. He chased her inside her mother’s house and assaulted and battered her in the presence of her family members. When she escaped his grasp, she ran outside and began backing her vehicle away in an attempt to escape.

Jenkins ran out into the yard where he shot at her four times with a .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun. Immediately after firing the shots, Jenkins struck himself with the gun in the head knocking himself out. He fled the scene after he regained consciousness. All four bullets struck the vehicle with one bullet passing within feet of the victim’s head.

Comments

One Response to “Escambia Man Gets 30 Years For Assault, Burglary”

  1. David Huie Green on May 11th, 2016 10:34 am

    Not the smartest person to go to prison, but — sadly — not the dumbest.

    David for fixing “stupid”

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